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2020 marks NewCity’s 25th Anniversary

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In 1995, I was 27. Both the web and my marriage were two years old. I started a company because I had some less-than-awesome work experiences, and imagined a workplace where people collaborate on meaningful projects without ego, drama or hierarchy – a team of peers who are there for each other when it counts.

NewCity Statement on Racial Injustice

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It’s not enough to care. It’s not enough to read the news and rant on Twitter. It doesn’t matter if those of us who are white seem “woke” or not. What matters is what we do — today, tomorrow, next year, and every year. We have to stay in this fight.

What Self-Driving Cars Teach Us About Content Management

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Though technology is reshaping our world every day, complex situations often require the human ability to strategize, connect, and communicate. Someone who can take the wheel, make decisions, and steer the site towards success. A great example? A complex website needs a managing editor.

What Studying the Humanities Taught Me About Software Development

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Back in my computer science days, I took a programming class where the professor decided to assign us a project to show us how real-world programming gets done (or ought to get done). We discussed the problem we were trying to solve in extreme detail The professor dictated the precise toolset we were supposed to […]